But I go back to the source of all wisdom.The Bible.In my reading today, in the book of Wisdom,I read these words:"All men were by nature foolishwho were in ignorance of God,and who ...from studying the works did not discern the artisan..."Wisdom 13:1My sister Peggy saw a painting on Instagram,and she thought, "Oh that looks like Patsy's painting!"And it was! I had sent it to a friend and she posted a picture of my gifton her IG account.My sister recognized my work.When we examine the universe,when we look even at the miracle of our own body,do we recognize the Creator?Do we see the fingerprints of God?I can't say it better than Louie Giglio in this video.It's worth watching!At the end of the video he talks about howwe are "fearfully and wonderfully made" Psalm 139:14,how we are made of 75 trillion cells,and that every 3 seconds,50,000 cells die and replaced by brand new cells!And how LAMININE, a cell adhesion moleculelooks like this under a microscope.

THIS is what holds our cells together,

our body together!

We can know that in spite of what is going on around us,in spite of the storms that destroyhomes, livelihoods, families,whole towns and cities,there is a God who holds us together!We need not search far for Him."The Kingdom of God is among you.""The Kingdom of God is within you."Luke 17:21We walk amid passing things,we do not belong here.Let us live with our bags packed.Let us remember that buried deep within usis our identity in Christ.We are all brothers and sisters,bound by one Father one God.

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Patsy, first I must thank you for the delightful ATC you sent me this week. Or it arrived this week in my snail mail box. It is precious to me and so generous of you. Thank you again.

I am proud to see that the California Jewish group and the state of Israel are both coming forward to aid first hand in the healing of the devastation in the Philippines. I pray the help will come in time for all concerned. The loss there is beyond comprehension. I am so, so sorry for all the losses. Hugs to you and your family and your people!

Last night I partnered up with a gentleman from the Philippines in my ASL (American Sign Language) class. He taught me the sign for Philippines.

So sorry about the devastation from the storm... It's hard to come up with a reason why, so i guess there is just no reason, just something we have to try to overcome.I love this post, and all of your paintings!

Thank you for your hopefulness and faith. The world is truly a dangerous and often tragic place, but the goodness of people is how God eases our time here on earth. Thanks for sharing lovely art and ways to help and words of wisdom on your blog.

Do you have PayPal. I will send you money if you can get help to real people. Thank you for having such a caring heart.The colors are beautiful. Thank you for posting with us this week. God Bless,Carole Robb BissonWord Art Wednesday

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Welcome to my blog HeARTworks! Greetings from the Philippines! My name is Patsy and I've been married for 19 years to a man with a good heart. We have one son who is as funny as his dad. I have been working in our family business, papemelroti, since I was 11. When I get home from work, I stay in my craft room and make collages, scrapbook layouts, ATCs, and think of ways to re-use things normal people would throw away. I would be happy for you to use anything on my blog, but please link to me and leave me a comment. I want to be passionate about God's passions so I also made a blog, Hebrews 13:3, about our service in the QC Jail.